To achieve overall business goals, GQM+Strategies® is an approach that aligns the business goals at each level of an organization to strategies and assesses the achievement of goals. Strategies derived from business goals are based on rationales (context factors and assumptions). Because extracting all rationales is an important process in the GQM+Strategies approach, we propose Context-Assumpt...

Conservation tillage (CT) systems have a number of potential benefits including lower crop production costs and the ability to reduce soil erosion that have made them common in several regions of the world. Although CT systems have been researched and successfully implemented on some farms in California's San Joaquin Valley (SJV), overall adoption is low and the reasons for the region's compara...

Open and distance learning is getting more dependent on information and communication technology (ICT) and has been playing an important role in the delivery strategies of distance learning. With the advancement in technology in the field education has introduces variety of new techniques for educators and learners to enhance knowledge. Educational technologies (information and communication te...

Language proficiency tests are a useful tool for evaluating learner progress, if the test difficulty fits the level of the learner. In this work, we describe a generalized framework for test difficulty prediction that is applicable to several languages and test types. In addition, we develop two ranking strategies for candidate evaluation inspired by automatic solving methods based on language ...

!BSTRACT The quality of an intelligent tutoring system is measured in terms of the speed and efficiency of learning. Many elements can improve this quality. If we consider the example of classical learning strategies, it is clear that they are not sufficient because the learner needs to be more involved in the learning session. Thus, there is a need for new co-operative learning strategies. For...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of 2 concept map (cm) learning strategies on iranian efl learners’ reading comprehension ability and learner autonomy. to this end, 60 iranian efl learners at the preintermediate level of language proficiency were randomly assigned to 2 groups. both groups received an 8-week instruction: one through teacher-constructed and the other throug...

Learner-centered instructional design places students’ learning needs in the center of the instructional design process. In the learner-centered instructional design model for distance learning, learners’ motivational and affective needs are emphasized; steps of creating a learner-centered environment that supports learning strategies are described. This model provides a practical framework to ...

Web 2.0 technology integration requires a higher level of self-regulated learning skills to create a Personal Learning Environment (PLE). This study examined each of the four aspects of learner self-regulation in online learning (i.e., environment structuring, goal setting, time management, & task strategies) as the predictor for level of initiative and sense of control with regard to iGoogle g...